AcePylut
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Jan 1st (I missed a couple days of updates - not much happened) Again, not much happening. I think CB is consolidating and organizing for the next (and final) push through the DEI. I had received a cryptic email before I ran the turn - it referenced the Godfather and Vito sleeping with the fishes. I was really nervous because I used THIS turn to shuttle the Yorktown (at San Deigo) to the Panama Canal... alone... and I feared she got torped in those three hexes between SD and the off map... but it turned out that a Jap sub torped the xAK Vito at Pago Pago. Phew. Some TB's caught my last, damaged, transport leaving Manila and sank it. Not much escaped the Manila cauldron... but a DD and the AS Otus did make Midway this turn. Woot Woot. Also, there is a PG not far behind. This occurred at Palembang: TF 62 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. DMS W-3, Shell hits 3, on fire...DMS W-2, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage. 11 mines cleared.... This was followed up by the SS KXII putting a torp into that W-2. I've moved some of those Dutchie bombers into the airfield for naval strikes. Air phase was mostly about 100+ crap IJ Bombers going into Canton, unescorted and without a sweep. I've moved 2 Fighting Tiger Squadrons to Kweilin (sp) and am LRCapping Canton at 70%. I've done this cat and mouse over the last two weeks, but this is the first heavy, 2 air group at a high percentage, LRCAP. Japan also sent bombers to some units of mine in the open, by Hankow. I'm using my third Fighting Tiger squad on LRCap next turn and we'll see how that goes. Japan bombarded Wenchow. He has 4 ID and a Mixed Regiment for 1514 AV, I have 3 Corps for 981 AV. Japan shocked at Loyang, and quite frankly I was surprised by how drastically my AV (and his, for that matter) was reduced. I lost the base. Ground combat at Loyang (87,43) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 37100 troops, 366 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 1313 Defending force 33514 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1097 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 469 Allied adjusted defense: 206 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Loyang !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses I-16-III: 8 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 6235 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 284 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 74 disabled Allied ground losses: 8127 casualties reported Squads: 491 destroyed, 104 disabled Non Combat: 584 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 105 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 38 (27 destroyed, 11 disabled) Units retreated 7 Assaulting units: 37th Division 110th Division 26th Division 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 93rd Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 5th New Chinese Corps 14th Group Army 4th Chinese Base Force In other places--- My first batch of units is about 2 turns out from Tahiti. This consists of everything needed to "make" a base (INF, HQ, AA, ART, CD, ARM, ENG, etc.) units. Oz is becoming an island fortress, I have no fears anymore about an assault on OZ. I expect to lose Darwin and the north coast... but at this point, I can fight for anything else. Next stop is to start expanding outward. I would imagine that in about 1 month, I could have enough units in Noumea to make a stand there. I'm torn between trying to reinforce Noumea or Tabiteuea (sp). I'm leaning towards Tab since controlling that makes the "West Coast to OZ" journey much shorter than if I have to go to Tahiti, then west to OZ.
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